NONOTICETAKEN OF

PROTESTSMcKenna to Be Named

for the SupremeBench.

PRESIDENTTO STANDBY HIM.

Will Spare No Effort toSecureConfirmation by the

Senate.

TRADUCERS FAIL MOSTMISERABLY.

j£ :lal Announcement Made ThatOrlcfirs Will Succeed to the At-

torney-Generalship.

Special Dispatoh to Tub Cat.v

Call Office, Riggs Bottsk, )\\ ASHLNGTON, l>ec. 5.J

Ifthere has been any aoubt at all thatMr. McKenna wou'd be appointed to theI"nited States Supreme Court it was dis-pelled to-day when the President madethe official announcement at the WhiteHouse that tie had selected Governor JohnW: Gritrcs of Now Jersey to succeed himas Attorney-General. The President willtake no notice of the protests againstJudge McKenna. He will stand by himto the last. Not only this, but he willse-cure his confirmation.

The fight being made against the Judgewill only react on his contemptiDle tra-dncers. Upon every side are heard wordsof praise for McKenna, and many Sena-tors have called upon him toassure him ofSheir hearty support and to express theirIndignation at the methods of his oppo-nents.

Senator Perkins, who arrived at theRiggs House to-night, says he will do allhe can to secure McKenna's confirmation.The attitude of Senator White is some-what doubtful, since he refuses to discussthe matter. It is well known that hislavonte can lidate for successor to Fieldwas Judge Erakinc M.Ross of Los Angeles,and he hoped Field would resign monthsago so that Ko«s coulJ be appointed.It now transpires that Ross has also

joined the protestors aga'nst McKenna'aappointment and t is may influenceWhite, but it is not considered probable,

<\u25a0' r, although White is a Democrat, he is>rtheless a eood, loyal California:!,

there is no good reason why heiice a rigtit against McKenna

and lose the justiceship to the State.It is not believed that Senator Hoar,

chairman of the Judiciary Committee,wiil oppose McKenna. Indeed, thechances are that the judge will be con-:'.rnied without much opposition !rom anyquarter. Thk Call correspondent learnsthat the appointment will not lie madeuntil the President returns from Canton.He goes back there to-morrow alter trans-mitting his message to Congress, and theMcKenna nomination will follow imme-diately after he returns to Washington.Then, when McKennahas been confirmed,Griggs will be appointed Attorney-Gen-e-n!.It is worihy of note at this time that

the Examiner announced audaciouslyseveral mouths ago that James A. Way-mire would succeed iicKenna, and thisnewspaper persistently and stubbornlyreiterated this as "news," notwithstand-ing 'he fact that The Call announcedpositively that be would not be appointed.

LOCAL LAWYERSSPEAK FOR McKENNA.

Ex-Judge D. J. Murphy—lhave noeympatny whatever with this mean fightagainst one of the most honorable of ourcitizens, ju-tat the moment wnen he is inthe iine of promotion. Ithink we shouldall rejoice at his prosperity, for it illus-trates how a mnn may btillcome up fromhumble surroundings. Ihave knownJudge McKenna well for many years, audIhave a very hign opinion of h:m as anan and as a jurist. The fi?ht againsthim is both unkind and unjust. Itis thecame old California spirit of envy andbitterness that has so long stood in thelightof'our people. It would be a bless-ing if we ever had any of that brotherlyfeeling and Jove of unity that should welda common people in the ties of fraternalfeeling.

Ex-Judge Walter S. Levy— There is nota more honorable man in the Unitedbtates than Joe McKenna. 1 went toschool with him and Iknow him 'o be astudious and clear-neaded man. Ido notssy he is the greatest nv:ng lawyer, andnobody but a fawning MaUerei wouldniaKe such a "tatenoent, but Ido say thaiJudge McKenna is made of such stuff tbuthe will not stop growing. He has a futurebefore h'm which will make Ins namei.iustrious and do honor to the .State. Inone aspect of the ease the tight against

him shows lhat he is of tome importance."When a man wriies a great book, makes agreat speech or achieves anything in thisworld ihere are envious ton.'ues to decryhie achievement". Even Abraham Lin-coln was denounced as a lutie man untileverybody saw lie was a genius. For one,1aiii free to say that Ithink McKennahas ;t line order of ability and he will sur-pr!-e bis critics b*f»re the matter is over.

E. M.Soto—Ido not think there hasev< r

before been such a hght against a man forthe exalted position of Justice of the Su-preme Court. Itis in bad taste, and it isunjust. McKenna is an honorable man,and a hard-working, clear-headed man.He is not yet as great a lawyer as he willbe, but he has ability enough to come upto the average of the bench now. Itninkhe is as good a lawyer as Chief JusticeFuller.

Kx-Districr Attorney Edward B. Stone-hill—lhave known McKenna lor raanyyean and 1 hav-* had a number of casesin bis court. 1nave also seen manyof hisopinions and beard them commented onby the hr. Ibelieve in giving him \u25a0

chance. He cannot compare with Field,nor can a single memoer of the SupremeCourt of the United States to-day com-pare with such men as Field and Miller,Taney and Marshall. That should notprevent MeK-Miiia's nomination and con-firmation. He is an iionest man and acap.hie jurist. The uture is beforehim. He will grow, because hei- a man of good health, eood habits andis fctill young enough to be useful formany years. At the recent banquets eivento him in this city he made offhandspeeches mat showed him to be a man of

clear perceptions, and ready wit. lam forthe indorsement of our Pacific Coast men,and 1 am surprised and chagrined thattuere are men whoget in with their ham-mers and begin to knock every head of aCalifornian that bobs up above the line oft lie common-place.

Andrew J. Ciunie—lhave nothing butkir.d words lor McKenna. He is a goodlawyer and may yet become a great one.Above all he is an honest man and a clear-headed thinker. 1 do not see why peopleof our profession want to go out of theirway to knock him out of the prospectiveappointmen . He would be a credit to theSta;e, and we of right ought to have theplace.

CONTEST FOR A POST OFF ICE.

Mobile's Custodian of the Mails Re.fuses to Give Way to His

Successor.MOBILE, Dec. 5.

—The controversy over

the Postmastership at Mobile is attractingattention on account of the important le-gal phases of the case and the possibleeffect of the spirit of ttie c vilservice law.Postmaster Rapier, who refuses to surren-der the office to P. B. Barker, is a Cleve-land appointee whose commission is dateiiDecember 11, 1894, and hi? official termwill, therefore, notexpire uutii December,1898. Rapier contends that the section ofthe revised statutes under which second-class postmasters are appointed providesin terms that such postmaster are ap-pointed for the term of four years and canbe removed by the President only, andwith the advice ana consent of the Senate.

The President, on the l*t of October,pave to P. D. barker, a Re pub:ifan. acommission as Rapier's successor. Barker,who was out of the city, did not returnuntil recently, and on the 1 t of Decemberdemanded of Postmaster Etapisr the sur-render of the office. Rapier claims he :e---cetved i<o notice of hia removal accordingto law, ana will not surrender the officeuntil the legality of the removal has beenpassed on by tne courts.

Barker, ttie new appointee, wns post-master of Mobile during the Harrisonadministration and served his full tern offour years.

BVRyRD U.V IUX KBA.CB.

Jiut the CrMV of the aiming Steamerit'iitint Ashore.

CHICAGO, Dec, s.—The s eampr GeorgeW. Morley ofCleveland was burned to thewater's edge on the bench at Evunston to-nieht. Her crew of thirteen men gotashore without difficulty. The Morleyv,-as bound from Milwaukee to Chicag)without cargo, and when off Evanston alamp exploded in the engine-room, scat-tering burning oil in all directions. Be-fore the pumps could be started the tirewas beyond control, and the boat wasbeached at Greenwood bouievard, thecrew wading ashore. The Morley was awooden steamer ami valued ai(35,000.

ITALY'S CABINETHAS RESIGNED

General Pellieux's Aclion Re-garded as a Political

Move.

Making It Possible for Rudini toSelect a Unanimous

Ministry.

Special Dispatch to ThkIallLONDON, Dec. s.— The Rome corres-

pondent of the Morning Post says: TheCabinet has res-gned. General Pellieux'saction is regarded as a political move tomate it possible for the Marquis diRudinito secure a unanimous ministry. TheMinisters ol Finance, Justice and PublicWorks in the retiring Cabinet willnot appear inits successor.

ROME, Dec. 4—General Pellieux, Min-ist- r of War, maintains the attitude hehas taken up in consequence of the actionoi Parliament in amending the billdealing with army promotions againsthi-* advice and persists in his resigna-tion.

King Humbert, the Marquis di Rndini,the Premier and other members of theCabinet uree General Peliieux 10 recon-sider his action, but h* refuses to do so.In view of this it is expected that the en-tire Cabinet will resign and that the Mar-auis di Rudini will reconstruct theMinistry.

The present Italian Ministry is as fol-iowe: President of the Council and Min-ister of the Interior, the Marquis An-tonio di Rudini; Minister or ForeignAffairs, th» Marquis Emilo VlscontiVenosta; Minister of the Treasury, Pro-fessor LuigiLuzzalti; Minister of Fi-nance, S'V'Dor Ascancio Branca; Ministerof Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs. Pro-fessor Luca EmanuHo Gianturco; Minis-ter of War, General Luii;iI'e.lieux; Minis-ter of Marine, Admiral Benedetto Brin,inspector-general of naval engineering;Minister of Commerce, Industry and Ag-riculture, Comte Francisco Gucciaradini;Minister of Pub:ic Instruction, Comn'Cudronchi; Minister of Putlic Works,Giucio Prineiti.

SCORED BY THE GRAND JURY.

Laws of Alabama Give Federal Cffj-

cials Too Great an Opportunityto Secure Fees>

BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Dec. 5.—

TheUnited StHtes Grand Jury, just prior toits final adjournment yesterday, renderedits report. United (States Commissionerswe:e severely censured for allowing de-fendants in many cases to give "straw"b inds, accepting as sureties "personswho«e irresponsibility is notorious." Thelaws for the suppression of illicitdistillingand sale of liquor were severely criticized,bfline characterized as cumbersome, ei-tiavagant, ineffective and dangerous, an!u'esigned chiefly /or securing fees to offi-cials, witnesses and informer?.

The report, continuing, frays the GrandJury found a great disregard lor thesacred nature of an oath among informersand witnesses. Itsays that action againstsuch persons for perjury is the only re-dress, and that it was through such actionthat the jury was made acquainted with"these outrages."

Judge Boarman, In reply, said that herecognized the existence of such prac-tices, winch were greatly to be deplored,and that he had recently consulted witht;ie Attorney-General and several Con-gressmen with a view to remedying thedefects.

Ijrft tilthout n tullntcr.WICHITA,Kans., Dec. 5.—E. L.Hewes,

the Wichita mountain- boomer, who hasbeen here three w-eks seeking to organ-ize a party, left for Oklahomu City to-niirht without a follower. At differenttim s he was claimed to have from 500 to

10,000 boomers ready to follow his leadinto the country.

7 A- r>a it-r. Treaty Defeated.ST. LOUIS, Dec 5.—A special to the

Republic from Guihrie, 0. T., says: Atyesterday's election in the CnickasawNation the ratification of the Dawes-Clioctaw treaty "aas overwhelmingly de-feated. The adouted and inter-marriedc t;z;ns were not permitted to participatein the election.

Panel* to Paint On.New panels to palnton inI'enian green and

jjoldoutsell all others in artists' material de-partment of Sanoorn, Vail<t Co.

*

READYFORTHE LONG

SESSIONMembers of Congress

Assemble at theCapital.

LITTLE EXCITEMENTTHERE.

Organization Completed andAppointments Made at the

Extra Session.

HUNDREDS OF BILLS ONTHi: CALENDAR.

Annexatlonists No Lonsrer Have theTwo-thirds Vote Necessary to

Ratify the Trea y.

Special Dispatch toTHK Cam.

Call Office, RIGGe HocssJWashington, Dec. 5. j

The reeular or long session of Congress,as it 13 called, because there is no consti-tutional limitation upon the period of itsduration, opens at noon to-morrow.

The leaders and a large majority of themembers of both houses are here to par-ticipate i:i the openine ceremonies, andPresident McKinley has male the journeyto Washington from the bedside of hisdying mojher that his absence might notdelay the national legislature at us as-sembling.

The extra session robs the opening ofthe regular session of the excitement andinterest which usually attaches to it. Onthe eve of a regular aearion ordinarilyWashington thrills with excitement. Thehotel lobbies surge with place-hunters inthe wake of the various candidates forspeaker, clerk, doorkeeper, etc., the mem-bers are struggling for committee assign-ments and the air is full of rumors andplots and counter-plot 10. But as theHouse was completely organized at theextra session and nil the committee as-signments made then, beyond the naturalstimulus produced by the returning states-men, the regular hangers-on of legislationand the outliningof schemes by membersof the '"third house," or lobby, Washing-ton to-night is tranquil.

The programme at the House to-mor-row is very srtuple, and beyond the spec-tacular show which itoffers to the curioushas, in itself, little attraction. The Housewillbe called to order by the Speaker,who, after the chaplain's invocation, willdirect the clerk tocall the roll. This hav-ing been nceomDlistied, ami the presenceof a quorum demonstrated, the cierkwillbe directed to noiify the Senate thatthe House is ready for business, and acommittee will be appointed to wait onthe President. After that there will be arecess to await the arrival of the Presi-dent's annual message, which will beread upon its reception ana be followed byan adjournment until Tuesday. This isthe regular routine and unless somethingunforeseen occurs will not be departedfrom.Itis the intention of the House leaders

to proceed with the business of the session as'rapi Uy as possible. The commit-tee willbegin their labors this week, andas all of them have more or lest bills ontimid, which were introduced at the ex«tra session, there will be no lack of ma-terial for the House to work on after thecommittee hoppers have begun to grind.The Appropriations Committoe has beenat work for ten uays and Chairman Can-non expects to pass at least two of the reg-uiar budge's before the holidays— theLegislative. Executive and Judicial andthe pensions appropriation bills.

One or the other of these bills it is ex-pected will be leported by Wednesdayand t c end oi the week promises to seethe House down to bu-iness>.

Among the early general measures toreceive consideration will be the bank-ruptcy bill. Whether it wil!he the Nel-son bill, which pa«se 1 the Senate at thelast session, or a modification of the Tor-rey bill, depends upon tlie temper of theJudiciary Committee, which will submitth« measure to the House. Beyond doubtthere will09 several resolutions of inquiryduring the first week which may be moreor less 'eneational and some of th« radicalpro-Cuba measures will attempt to getconsideration for a Cuban resolution be-fore the Foreign Affairs Committee canact- Congressman Living«ton of Geojgiais one of these. Hut owing to the natureof the House rnies ail the.-c hasty effortswill prove abortive and the measuresprobably will take their course.

There wilibe nothing except indisposi-tion on the part of the member? to pre-vent the Sennte entering promptly uponus work upon con veiling to-morrow, asthere is a calendar already made for itwith about 300 bill* reported from com-mittees during the special session. Ifanycircumstances should prevent the receiptof the President's messace <>n Monday theprobabi!itiesare that the t-enate will ad-journ over without talcing up any otherbusiness until the message could be re-ceivfid.

Wit itbe mes.*aee read it willremainwith the Senate to decide as to whether itshall seriously enter upon tlie work of tbesession after Monday or begin a system oldeUy intended to throw all importantquestions over beyond the ChmtmM hol-idays. The indications ate now for a littlemore activity than usual during tbo pre-holiday session. This is largely duw tothe fact that (he supporters of tbe admin-istration and advocate* of annexation arerery nnxious to secure :he earliest possi-ble consideration of tbe treaty with Ha-waii.

Senator Davis, chairman of the Com-mittee on Foreign Relations, announcpsbis purpose of pressing annexation at theenriiest possible moment, but itis probn-ble that the matter will not b« taken upseriouly until the committee can have ameeiinj; to decide on the details of theprocedure. The committee will he calledtogether Wednesday for ibis purpose. Onepoint which the commtttee Willbe calledupon to decide is whether to proceed toratiry the treaty of annexation or to an-nex the islands by resolution. The an-nexationists bare lost some votes durngihe vacation, and there is now apprehen-sion that the two-thirds vote nece sary toassure the ratification cannot be secured.No satisfactory canvass is possible untiial! the Senators arrive, and if it is thenmade manilest that the necessary two.thirds vote cannot be secured it is likelythat the proceeding by means of resolu-tion, which would require only a majorityvote, willbe inaugurated.

The members of tbe Foreign Relations

Committee who favor annexation advo-cate this cours- because iKey say they seno reason for traversing the same groundtwice as they would be com Milled to do incase the matter should be first considere 1in ex cutive session, fail there and thenbe taken up in th*- form of a resolution inor«»n Senate and Hoiw.

The immigration bill, for which SenatorLodeejstaads sponsor, is practically a; thehead of the Senate lesjis'ative calendar andwill be considered ca r ly in the se-su.n.Senator L^dgn to-day repeated his inten-tion of pressing the Dill, but he v.ilinotamaeon ze the Hawaiian treaty with it.

Tne tirst billon the calendar is Sena-tor Gear's measure providing for the ad-justment of the Pacttij railroad debt, butthe sale of t c Union Pacific doubtless willhave the effect of causing the temporarywithdrawal of this billand the substitu-tion of others.

Of the 300 bills on the calendar about200 are private pension bill-, and all oftnos» probably will be disposed of at onesitting when taken up. There are alsoseveral hundred recess appointments tobe considered in executive se-sion.It is not probable that much will be

done iv the nay of legislation the presentwepfc. There w.llbe an adjournment onthe day after recivin<r the message or?Monday, and as there is no disposition topre.-s the Hawaiian matter until the For-eign Relations Committee agrees upon aline of action, ttie indications now arethat it willnot be taken up in the Senateb*lore next week.

COMBAT IN A THEATER.

Rival Claimants fight for the Posses-sion of a Playhouse's Fur-

nishings.LINCOLN, Nebr., Dec. s.—The Lansing

Theater, the leaning playhouse in the city,was this morning before daylight dis-mantled of most of its furnishings, al-most a riot accompanying the work, amias a result J. P. Lansing, half-owner; L.C. Burr au>l RoMoe I'ound, his lawyers,and a score of laborers were to-day ar-rested.

The trouble is the outcome of the saleof the properly under foreclosure a weeka.^o. Lansing cla med that there was aconspiracy to defraud h.ni out of his hold-ines. The District Court, however, con-tinued the snle on Saturday and declaredt tie title vested in the purchaser, WilliamO.iver of New York.

Between 2 and 3 o'clock Lansing, bi> at-torneys and a number of stage handstrained entrance and began to removescenery and chairs. Agents of Oliver werenotified and in the controversy which fol-lowed there was a personal collision be-tween attorneys of the rival claimants.The police quelled the -iis'iirbance aboutthe t:iue itbegan to bo interesting. Literwarrant a were sworn out and the Lansingparty was arrested, being released on bail.

TO CHRIS TEN 7HE KENTUCKY.

New Candidate for the Honor in thePerson of Mrs. Anna Lyle

Bradley Barnes.LEXINGTON. Kr., Dec. s —There is a

new candidate in the field for the honorof christening the bettie-ship Kentucky.She i- Mrs Anna Ly:e Bradley Barnes,niece ol Governor Bradley. Priends sa>should Miss Chrystyne Bradley decline toact a*sponsor for the Kentucky after Sec-retary Long appoints her, the Secretarywill i.c petitioned to appoint .Mrs. Barnes.She is one of the handsomest young mat-rons in Kentucky, and is the wife of Col-onel Will S. Barnes, tli« well-known turf-man and diatiiler.

Miss H.irnette B. Richardson is Milliathe contest. Sue said to-day she did noibelieve the dispatches sent out fromWashington last night slating that Stary Long hud appointed Mbs Bradley.Friends of M:s- Bradley say they uoubt ifthe youug fauy willneeept the honor.

JM Ml vol. \ ttt' OBOHOE.

tCrrreitea at Chicago Under thm Ampicesof thtt *><»>//« Tnm flub.

CHICAGO, Dec. 5.—

Exercises in mem-ory of the late Henry George were held atthe Auditorium this ulternoon under theauspices of the Chicago Single Tax Club.Over 7000 persons were in attendance.

Mr-. George, the widow uf the lateeconomist, occupied a box. She cam- toChicago last week to attend the weddingof her ion, Henry George Jr., and pro-longed her vmt in order to be present atthe memorial exercises.

ward O. Brown of Chicago presided,and in opening the meeting paid an elo-quent tribute to the memory of Mr.George.

Addresses were also made by Emil G.Hirsch, former Governor Altgeld, KishopJohn L. Spauldingof l'eoria and Rev. Dr.a. S. Craig of Toronto, Out.—

KXGLAtiIt A>/> VESEZVEJ.A.Diplomatic lirlain.n* Jt'Hrrrn the Ttco

iountriri llenencrd.NEW YORK, Dec. 5.— A cable to the

World from Caracas, Venezuela, says:Diplomatic relations with England havebeen renewed. The English Minister hasarrived here.

Marqui* Kojas has been appointed therepresentative of Venezuela on the tribu-nal of arbitration to hx ihe Guiana bound-ary.

Took the Evening* Jteeeiptn,ARDMORS, I.M). T., D.c. s.— At the

clos of tlie ierlormance of "Sarn'lof Posen" by the It.15. Curtis Companyat tlie opera-house here to-night, NellieEL Killniore, the cashier, disappearedwith tiio •evening's receii>ts. Later shewas arrested and released on bond3. MissEi.iniondaiins that Curtis owed her anathat siie took this means of paying her-self.

I'rrsuni-il tt.r to Itfturtt.BUTTE, Dec. 5.

—Joe Johnson, themulatto accused o!enticing Kate NeilL awhite girl, frurn her home in SweetSprincs, Mo., was captured In Missouiato-.iay. lie jidmus iiavin>;taken the girlaw.iv from home, but declares he leu herIn Butte, having persuaded her to goback to her people.

An ln*nne Hom»>t lturn* Jirrirlf.NICKKR.-oN.Kans ,l>ec.;,.— Wuiie tem-

lorariiy insane, Mrs. M. K. Dorr, an el-derly woman, to-day saturated her clothingwith kerosene and set them afire. Shewas burned to a crisp. Her husband anddaughter, In trying to extinguish theBarnes, were seriously and perhaps fa-tally burned.

Hre Among (Kmluli,

CHARLESTON. Dec. s.—Fire this after-noon destroyed the acid chambers at theReed Pbospate Works, a f^w miles out ofthis city. The m'll building was savedby the heroic worK of the employes. Theorigin of the tire is unknown.' The loss isabout $GJ,OOO, which is covered by insur-ance.

XXrLObAO* IX \u25a0\u25a0• Jt.iTHJiVOM.Mtoilyn lluildinu rnriinlly,Wrecked by

a lioilrr IHxnutfr.TACOMA, Dec. 6.—N«WI was received

to-day of the explosion yesterday at Ros-lynof a boiler naen for h'-ating water inthe barber shoo and bathrooms of JohnSiiuver. Water got low in the boiler, butithad frequently been as loir before audwas not considered dangerous. An at-tendant was preparing to till the boilerwhen it suddenly exploded witha reportthat caused many to think there had beena big explosion in the lioslyn coal mines.The front of the one-story building wasblown out and theentirestructure sunken.

Robert Patterson, who was standingn<Mir the boiler, was blown into the street,fracturing his leg in two ilaces and in-'Hiding severe wounds on his boav andhead. He will be scarred lor life.

"Two

otner persons in the building were scarcelyinjured.

ECKELS ONNATIONAL

CURRENCYRecommendations Made

in the Report of theComptroller.

BANK-NOTE CIRCULA-TION.

Paper Money, He Says, ShouldNot ba Issued by the

Government.

IMPORTANT LEGISLATION ISREQUIRED.

Changes that Would Cause GreaterElasticity and Aid Trade

and Ccmmsrcs.

Special Dispatch to Tub Call.

Cam, Office, Riggs House, IWASHneroir, Dec. 5. )

The annual report ot James H. Eckels,Comptroller of the Currency, for the year

ended October 31. 1597, opens with a brieireview of the history of the legislationwhich constitutes the present nationalLank act, and invites the attention of Con-gress to amendments to the law recom-mended informer reports without specific-ally repealing them. On the subject ofbank-note circulation the Comptrollersays:

"It is noticeable that in all the change*which have been wrought in the nationalcurrency act from its inception to thepresent time the feature subject to criti-cism, but which was intende t should con-stitute the principal benefit to be con-ferred, has remained comparatively un-charged, namely, the note issuing func-tion. Whatever justification there was in(he first instance tor restricting the issuingof notes against the bonds of the Govern-ment deposited with the Treasurer of theUnited States to 90 per cent of the parvalue thereof long since ceased. In thereport of every Comptroller of the Cur-rency during the past twenty years thewisdom of changing the existing law sothat the banks, and through them thecommunities in which located, mighthave the additional benelit of an addedloanable capita), has been advised, butdespite all this the law still remains with-out amendment

"Not only should the bank act *t>e \amended in this particular, but Congressshould seriously consider such a change111 the method of bank note issues as willenable the banks of the country to moreadequately meet the demands of tradeand commerce inail sections of the coun-try. The business of banking, like everyoilier force of investment, must be madeattractive to capital. Ifit is placed upona footing different from other undertak-ing-, embarrassed through unnecessaryrestrictions and deprived of proper sourcesof profit, tho result cannot be otherwisethan that inveitable capital will *aekother means of employment, and to thisexient deprive the peoDle of the benefitsof the agency most requisite to commer-cial activity.

"Itia considered by every preat commer-cial government, except the UnitedStates, to be the sole province ol thebanks to issue paper which circulates ascurrency. The belief in a bank note cur-rency as being better and safer than 6government paper currency prevaileduntil questioned in this country; until,under Ibe apparent evidences of war, theGovernment undertook to issue papercurrency. Even under Buch circum-stances the promise was always given,however, that it should be retired at thecurliest practicable moment and the ad-mission freely made that it was neither avise measure nor a safe form ofcurrency.

'Between the competition of the gov-ernment issues on the one hand, ana theunnecessary restrictions imposed by lawon the other, together with the increasingprice of bonds required to be deposited assecurity, the note is uing function of thebanks hud been permitted to becomemerely an incident to tlie conduct of thenational banking associations ol me coun-try. Ithas been seriously suggested morethan once that ihe bank note issues bedone away with and ali paper be issuedby the government instead. The dangerof such a course is not to be over-esti-mated. The experience of every govern-ment has been that governmental cur-rency paper is a source of weasness anddanjrer. Inthe United States where therehas been the nearest approach to successwith the volume of the Federal papercomparatively limited in amount, thecredit of the Government has been morethan once put in jeopardy through itandthe Mixings*interests ot the country sub-jected to unnecessary loss and confusion.

"The argument that the Government,better than the banks, can proviie for theredemption of paper note issues willstand the test of a cartful analysis TheGovernment has no means for car;ng forUs demand liabilities except through 6or-rowine and through the levying of taxes.Upon the other hand, the bauks have as-sets which can be promptly convertedinto cash to meet their outstanding noteswhen presented. Their ability to com-mand goldhas always bren beyond thatof the Government, lor in each financialexipercj' which has confronted the Gov-ernment, the banks have iurrpsrhed to itthe amounts necessary to maintain itssolvency. Itis impossible to believe thatwith a system ot bank note issues, basedin part upon securities and in part uponbank assets, the country cannot be pro-vided with the sound, sac and elasticbank nole i^siie, always commensuratewith and re>pon-ive to the demands oftrane. The Bank of England, the Bankof Scotland and tt:e Bank of Ireland havebeen found to be ample in their re-ourcesto prrvide the note issues for trade withtho I'niied Kingdom.

"The same isiruoof the Bank of France.The Deutsche Reichabank, or German im-perial batiK. has for more than twenty-two years issued bank-note paper againstassets wh.ch has maintained its valueand has teen so controlled a* to success-fully meet ihe commercial need of theempire."

The Comptroller calls attention to themethod of organization of this bank andpublishes some interesting statistics inconnection therewith.

Tt>- total number o: national banks or-ganized pinee the system was put in

operation in 1863 is shown to have been509a. On October 31 1.-st there were Inactive operation 3617, having an author-ized capital of $630,230,295. The total out-standing circulation of the banKs thenoutstanding was $229,199,880, of which$202 994,555 was secured by bonds of theUnit States and the balance by lawfulmoney deposited . with the Treasurer ofthe United States. The circulation out-standing of all national banks on October31 last was $230,131,005, of which amount$1,553,500 was secured by bonds held forthe account of insolvent and liquidatingbulks and $26,205,325 by lawiul money de-posited for their account and by activebanks reducing circulation. The net de-crease in the amount of circulation se-cured by bonds during the year was $12,---534,334 and the gross decrease in the totalcirculation was $4,851,292.

The 2367 banks in operation are dividedgeographically as follow*: 583. with anauthorized capital o: $159,291,020. in theNew England Stales; 956, witd an aggre-gate of $195,124 275. in the Eastern States;546, witha capital stock of 761,900, inthe Southern States; 1046, with a capitalstock of $160,369,961, in the Middle States;357, with a capital stock of $32,654,160, inthe Western State?, and 124, witha capi-tal stock of $17,465,000, in the PacificStates.

•Daring the year forty-four banks wereorganized, with an aggregate capital stockof $6,420,000. During the year seventy-onebanks went into voluntary liquidation.There were paid to creditor* of insolventbanks during the year $13,169,781 in divi-

.(lends. The magnitude of this unequaTedrecord, the report says, willbe more forci-bly illustrated if considered in the 1ghtof what has been accomplished hereto-fore in the way of dividend payments totlie creditor^ of insolvent institution?.

In 1893 there was paid in dividends$3,433,04*-; in 1894, $5.124 577; in 1895.13.880,552; in 1896, $2 451,95 and in 1897,$13,16 \u2666, 781. making a total of dividendspaid within t'-e rive years from 1893 to1897 of $27,560,515, or 36^ per cent of alldividends; thai have ever been paid tocreditors of insolvent national banks.From 1863 to 1897 there has been paid individends $75,935,925, and in the year em-braced in this report $13 169,781, or 17J-3percent of all the dividends that havebeen paid during the period of thirty-fouryears of the existence of the system.Since October 31, the end of the reportyear, seventeen additional dividends havebeen ordered, amounting to about $625,000.

The report contains the latest compiledstatistics relative to the world's monetarysystems anil the stock of gold, silver andpaper currency.

A very interesting feature of this state-ment is the per capita amount of eachkind ot money in the country. The percapita average? in the principal countriesof. the world are as follows: United States$23 70, United Kingdom $20 65, France$34 68, Germany $18 45, Austria-Hungary$9 33 and Russia $8 95.

Tne Comptroller renews his recom-mendation of last year, urging that Na-tional Bans Examiners be paid an annualsalary, instead of lees as now.

ATTEMPTS TO ENDA DOCTOR'S CAREER

Idaho Stockman Shoots toAvenga a Fancied

Wrong.

Enrajred Because a Physician Re-fused to Call Upon His

Sick Son.

Kjx>cial Dispatch to Thk Call.

TACOMA, Dec. s.— Dan Paul, a promi-nent siockman, sent a courier to Cotton-wood, Id:iho, on Thursday morning rsjt-

nig Dr. Turner to call and see his son whowas critically ill. The courier returnedand said that Turner refused to come. g,v-mg as his reason that his business rela-tions with Paul were unsatisfactory.

Paul was enraged and hastened to Cot-tonwood. Going direct to the doctor's of-fice, after a few words Paul drew a revolverand assaulted Turner. The latter avoideda bullet in his head by striking the re-volver with 'his left hand. Turner thenescaped from Paul by jumping behind acounter and ,Jaier got'out of the buildingby a back door. Paul gave himself up tothe officers.

Turner's left hand was nearly torn offand he hag gone to Portland for treatment,fearing biood-poisoning. He was a mem-of the last Idaho Legislature.

Killed by a Falling Jlnck.SAN JOSE, Dec. 5.

—Coroner Secorct was

called to the Almaden mines to-day,where he held an inquest on the body ofThomas H. Pascoe. Pascoe was a minerand was killed last night by a rock fallingon him.

PRESIDENTRETURNS TO

WASHINGTONWill Open Congress and

Then Go Back toCanton.

MOTHER McKINLEY'SCONDITION.

Remarkable Vitality of theAged Woman Shown by

Her State.

STEADILY BUT SLOWLYWASTING AWAY.

ItIsProbable That Her Son W:ll Beby Her Bedside When Dissolu-

tion Cc m .s.

Special Dispatch to The Cam.

CANTON', Ohio, Doc. 6.—

At thishour (1:13 A. M.)there are stronghopes that Mrs. JU'Klnley willsurvive the night. She is muchweaker than at any time, but i*resting quietly and gradually|::i-«,iinj away. The whole family,except the President, is about thebedside, expecting the end.

Call Office Riggs Jlocse, )Washington', December 5.)

President McKiniey, accompanied byAssistant Secretary Day, arrived in Wash-ington at 7:45 o'clock this morning. Hewas met by Secretary Alger, SecretaryBliss and Secretary Porter, and driven tothe While House. The President had re-ceived two telegrams, en route fromWashington, from Canton reporting thecondition of his mother, but he wasanxious for later news, so Secretary Por-ter stopped at the telegraph officeon theway from the station to inquire for anydispatches thai might be waiting. Therewas none, howver, so the party pro-ceeded to the White House, where break-fast was bad.

In the middle of the forenoon a messagewas received from Abner McKinley atCanton, Baying that the President'smother was resting in about the samecondition as wncn he lpf:, sleepine andunconscious. She might last through theday, or even one or two days longer, butwas liable to (tie at any moment.

Arrangements nave been made for thereturn trip to Canton to-morrow evening.The President. Mrs. JncKinley andapartv

of half a dozen close friends and relativeswill leave Washington at 7 o'clock on aspecial cur attached to the regular Penn-sylvania train and arrive in Canton at 10o'clock Tuesday morning.

CANTON, Ohio, Dec. s.—Mother Mc-Kinley hai passed the fourth day of herillness and enters upon the fourth nightwith the spark of life still nurning dimly.There has not been a material develop-ment in her case to-day. Her con.ntionhas continued one of steadily wastingaway. The family watched by tiie bedsideallday, prepared for the end at any mo-ment and sometimes feeling that it nadcome, as the patient^ was seized with sink-ing spells sucu as tb'ev yesterday mistookfor a second stroke of paralysis.

The patient has taken no nourishmentsince Thursday. It cannot be adminis-tered by ordinary methods, and the caseis one in which heroic methods of admin-istering food are not regarded justifiable.

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1897. 3

NEW TO-DAY—

CLOTHING.

juw w Hi*, , 1 \j# -rfj^ •.

% Suite fir // v *=s^Overeoate^Christmas

economy at the BlueSigns Oregon CityWoolen Mills suits andOvercoats, latest fallstyles, at our wholesaleprice of $10.

Buy of the Maker. Come to the BLUEsigns, second block from Market.

BROWN BROS. & CO.,Wholesale Manufacturers i^i-^-fco

:.S>HSelling at Retail. 121-123 SdnSOlTie St.

Pozzoni's ComplexionPowder produces a soft and beautiful skin:it combines every element of beauty andpurity.